Vacation & Travel Features

Santa Cruz Getaway Information

When you choose a Santa Cruz vacation home rental, you're in for a fun-filled vacation that offers a mix of entertainment, shopping, outdoor adventures, and more! Santa Cruz, which is situated on the northern portion of Monterey Bay, experiences over 300 days of sunshine per year.

Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park is the site of a complex of buildings erected around the original Santa Cruz Mission. Part of the cluster, the Neary-Rodriguez Adobe was built in 1791 and is the last of the mission's many buildings to survive. The lovely, single-story adobe has been restored to its original appearance. MisiÃƒÂ³n la Exaltacion de la Santa Cruz was the 12th mission built in California. It was completed during the 1790s. Damaged by several earthquakes, it collapsed in 1857.